• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
Partnership Acquires Two Long Island Communities

Partnership Acquires Two Long Island Communities

Two Long Island assisted living communities were sold by their original developer/operator. Village Green Senior Living in Levittown (opened in 2020) and Village Walk Senior Living (opened in 2018) in Patchogue were acquired by a partnership between Fundamental Advisors, Scribner Capital and Atria Senior Living. They will be renamed Atria Levittown and Atria Patchogue, respectively.  The newer vintage assets will complement Atria’s existing Long Island portfolio, and the operator expects to increase the occupancy and operating margins. With these additions, Atria now operates 18 communities across New York City and Long Island. Read More »
Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchases Class-A Community

Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchases Class-A Community

The developer of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Minneapolis, Minnesota MSA, has passed the torch to a new owner. Pillars of Lakeville, now known as The Crest at Lakeville, sits on 1.8 acres. Oppidan Investment Co., a company that developed multiple Pillars senior living properties in Minnesota, acquired the land from Crossroads Church, and construction on the asset began in 2021. Opened in 2023, the community comprises 100 independent living, assisted living and memory care units and is connected to a childcare facility that is operating out of the Church. Ebenezer Management Services, Minnesota’s largest senior living operator, was managing the community.  According to... Read More »
Stand-Alone Memory Care Community Gets New Owner

Stand-Alone Memory Care Community Gets New Owner

1031 CF Properties, a leading DST investor, acquired a stand-alone memory care community in the Spokane, Washington MSA. Built in 2005 with expansions in 2007 and 2013, Generations Memory Care offers 48 private units with 28,472 square feet on 2.067 acres. The seller was an investment group based in northern California that purchased the asset in 2017 for $8 million, or $166,700 per unit. Senior Services of America, an experienced regional operator with 15 properties in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, was operating the community.  The Zett Group handled the sale, and while the asset saw some fluctuations in NOI, there are some realistic value-add opportunities. That upside potential was... Read More »
Buyer Adds Fourth Community in Under 12 Months

Buyer Adds Fourth Community in Under 12 Months

Unbridled Living completed its fourth acquisition in less than 12 months, adding a second seniors housing community to its Missouri footprint. Built in 2001 and most recently renovated in 2025, The Emerson at St. Peters is an independent living community with 182 units, 20 of which can flex to assisted living. It has been rebranded as Unbridled Living of St. Peters. The community’s physical plant presents well, as the seller invested approximately $10 million into the property over the past five years, primarily focused on common area improvements. At the time of the purchase, the building was 82% occupied, leaving room for operational upside. Margins were already strong, around 34.3% at... Read More »
Regional Operator Acquires Large Multi-State Portfolio

Regional Operator Acquires Large Multi-State Portfolio

Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced a couple of portfolio deals this week totaling 15 separate properties. The larger deal featured 13 assisted living/memory care communities spread out in Georgia and South Carolina. Built between 1989 and 2014, the buildings have a combined 672 units, with 492 assisted living and 180 devoted to memory care.  Brad Clousing, Dan Geraghty and Jeff Binder represented an undisclosed institutional owner in the transaction, creating a national market for the assets and generating significant buyer interest with more than 15 qualified offers. A Southeast-based regional operator emerged as the buyer, with a plan to reposition and stabilize the... Read More »
Oregon and Idaho Communities Sell

Oregon and Idaho Communities Sell

Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group sold a 48-unit independent living community in Pendleton, Oregon, on behalf of a local owner/operator who was exiting the business. Built in the 1970s, the community was well occupied but could improve its overall operations. Still, there was positive momentum in the NOI, which rose from $320,000 in the trailing-12 months to $470,000 in the trailing-three months annualized.  The property was on the market for only three days, and the deal closed 106 days after LOI execution. A regional independent living owner/operator stepped in to purchase the asset for $5.35 million, or $111,500 per unit, at an 8.8% cap rate based on the trailing-three... Read More »